[mythtv-users] can't watch live tv, record static

[David W Davis]

On 9/13/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/09/05, David W Davis <davidw.davis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, it is /video/buffer.  After some more playing around with it, I
> > do get video for a few seconds and then the screen goes blue.  Here is
> > what the terminal says:
> >
> > 2005-09-12 23:45:44.678 prebuffering pause
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:03.941 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
> > Remote encoder not responding.
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:03.941 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:03.941 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> > Remote encoder not responding.
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:03.942 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:03.942 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> > Remote encoder not responding.
> > ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (373)
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:03.944 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:03.945 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> > Remote encoder not responding.
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:04.022 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> > 2005-09-12 23:46:04.031 Changing from None to None
> >
> > It just kicks out of tv mode back to the main mythtv menu.  Is this a
> > hard disk issue, perhaps?
> 
> I still think it's more likely to be an capture card issue. The
> firmware message in your log says it's buggy, but I'm not sure if this
> is causing the problem. I would try to use a TV app such as xawtv or
> kaffeine to see whether you can get decent signal from the cards.
> 
> Nick
> 


Just in case anyone else was having the same issue.  These cards are
PVR-250 MCE (32xxx).  They worked fine on FC3 with the pre10 ivtv
drivers (or something like that out of the apt-testing repository).  I
decided to give apt-testing a try again.  After editing my yum.conf
and doing a yum upgrade (with gpgcheck=0), everything seems to be
working fine now.  I'm still messing around with my splitter and
cables to get optimal signal, but at least its working!  Thanks.

Dave